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Tuesday, January 11, 1921
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The Headlines
$27,205,283 LEFT BY WOOLWORTH IN A 200-WORD WILL; Widow, Long Mentally Feeble, Receives Entire Fortune Without Restriction. IN ADMINISTRATORS HANDS Hubert Parsons and Her Daughters Placed in Charge of Her Affairs in 1918. WILL DATED 31 YEARS AGO Founder of Great Chain of Stores Was Then a Poor and Struggling Young Man. Full Text of Will. Question of Administration. WOOL WORTH LEFT $27,205,283 ESTATE Railroad Bonds and Stocks. National Bank Holdings.
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The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- William James (1842)
- Alexander Hamilton (1755)
- Theodosius I (347)
- Albert Hofmann (1906)
- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Robots (The Term 'Robot'), Polygraph (Modern) & Insulin (Medical Tech).
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Meanwhile
- Post-WWI Recession — Severe deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.
Time Elapsed
38,496 days ago
(105 years, 171 days)